To become a king and a magician

"You should already know why I'm here, right?"

"The master has indeed explained that, regarding the upcoming Holy Grail War in Romania, we have already registered you for one of the seven spots for the Red Team. From now on, you will be one of the Masters representing the Clock Tower in the Holy Grail War."

This is the purpose of Natsukawa Torara Clock Tower.

Although he was somewhat resentful about being forced to work by his restraints, Natsukawa Tora cared more about Gray's safety than his own unhappiness. Just as Sajou Aika said, he was ultimately a spoiled older brother who doted on Gray.

So after agreeing to Jeanne's request, he contacted the old man with the gem through Rin Tohsaka and Luvia, asking him to help him get a spot in the Clock Tower.

In the magic world, the Clock Tower is the "official" entity. Even though Natsukawa Torama doesn't care about the "official" attitude right now, having an official title can save him a lot of trouble. If he gets involved on his own, the Clock Tower might cause him some trouble again.

But now that he has a spot in the Clock Tower, even if it's just in name, he's considered a member of the Clock Tower. Even if he causes trouble, it's the Clock Tower's fault—you sent me here!

"In addition, although we don't know if you will need it, we have prepared a relic for you in advance."

Locke Belfebund opened the drawer beside him, took out an ebony box, and showed the contents to Natsukawa Tora.

It was a piece of processed wood.

"This is a fragment of the Round Table used by the legendary King Arthur and his knights. If we use this as a catalyst, we should be able to accurately summon one of the Knights of the Round Table, or even summon King Arthur himself, right? As a hand card, it is quite excellent."

Even without Locke Belfebund's explanation, Natsukawa Torato knew the value of this fragment.

(The Knights of the Round Table... I actually have a lot of things related to them.)

Natsukawa Torama himself is a Demi-Servant fused with Arthur's Spirit Origin; he could probably summon Arthur by name simply by standing in the summoning circle. Furthermore, Gray has King Arthur's Holy Lance, and considering Gray's own situation, not to mention Avalon within Natsukawa Torama.

What does "roundtable connections" even mean?

Compared to the conditions offered by Xia Chuanhu, this fragment in front of them was actually of little use.

"I'll figure out what to do with the relic myself. You can take this fragment back."

"So you're planning to summon based on affinity? I understand. I look forward to you summoning an excellent Servant. By the way, the other five people besides you all went to Romania some time ago. Would you like us to help arrange a plane for you?"

"No need, I only need the quota for your Clock Tower. Sorry to bother you."

After finishing speaking, Natsukawa Tora stood up and left the office.

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A shop near the clock tower

After leaving the Summoning Department, Natsukawa Torato came directly here and found Gray and Karen, whom he had placed here.

Yes, Karen came too.

As Natsukawa Torato's watcher.

Although she said that if possible, all she needed to do was for Natsukawa Tiger to call her every day to report his itinerary, unfortunately there were still people from the Church involved in this Holy Grail War. If they found out that she, as the monitor, was not by Natsukawa Tiger's side, they would definitely label her as "incompetent" and cut some of her salary and bonuses.

This is a very serious matter.

So, in order to earn her living expenses, Karen followed Natsukawa Tora to the Clock Tower.

"Has the situation been resolved?"

"Yes. I've secured a spot at the Clock Tower. I'll start preparing for the Servant summoning tonight, and we'll head to Romania tomorrow," Natsukawa Torato said.

Grey nodded slightly: "I'm so sorry, brother, for troubling you with my affairs—Miss Jeanne also said she was very grateful to you... Ah!"

Natsukawa Tora's sudden finger snap made Grey involuntarily let out a soft cry.

Patting her head, Xia Chuanhu smiled and said, "There's no trouble at all. Your problems are my problems. It's only right that I help you. Just leave it to me without worry."

She pulled down her hood to partially cover her face, and Gray nodded with a slight blush on her cheeks.

"Lord Xia Chuan."

Just then, Angelica's voice came over as she walked up to Natsukawa Tora and said, "We've found a hotel and settled your luggage in. We can take the three of you there anytime."

Angelica came along to take care of Kallen. There were many things to do during the Holy Grail War, and since Kallen was defenseless, Natsukawa Torato felt it would be better to assign her a bodyguard.

Incidentally, Angelica currently possesses Gilgamesh's class card. Since Rin Tohsaka only needs to submit seven class cards—Gilgamesh, Siegfried, and Manny's—these are still at Luvia's house, Natsukawa Torato directly obtained Gilgamesh's card before this trip.

We happen to be short of someone with divine abilities to deal with Achilles.

As for Pandora, who didn't come along, Natsukawa Tiger arranged for her to stay at Luvia's house temporarily.

(Let's try to finish this soon... I wonder if Arthur will answer my call this time.)

If we can summon it, that would be best.

44. Replenish my mana, and I'll crush the enemy!

Angelica's hotel wasn't far from the Clock Tower, only a seven or eight-minute walk away.

Since there are four of us, we booked two double rooms, both on the fourth floor, and they are opposite each other.

"I'll just live with this child; you two can live together."

Before Natsukawa could make any arrangements, Karen, after saying these words, took a room key and walked into the room opposite with Grey.

Watching the door close behind him, Natsukawa Tora raised an eyebrow helplessly, then looked at Angelica: "Looks like we'll have to sleep together tonight."

To be honest, this situation is not good—for Natsukawa Tora.

Although Angelica had been living at Natsukawa Torato's house for a while since then, the impression left by that backless sweater was so strong and deep that Natsukawa Torato always had impure thoughts when he was around Angelica.

He is ultimately a healthy male, so it's normal for him to have those kinds of thoughts, and it won't cause any problems.

But things are different now.

Having to sleep in the same room with Angelica for one night, Natsukawa Tiger could already foresee how tiring it would be to control his gun. More importantly, because of her emotional deprivation, Angelica was completely unaware of her own situation and could deliver a critical hit to Natsukawa Tiger at any moment.

Of course, Natsukawa Torama was not without experience in dealing with this situation. After all, Angelica was not the first person to elicit such a reaction from him. Melly had killed Natsukawa Torama several times before her. However, even so, there were still decisive differences between the two.

Because Mary is a piece of trash!

Her scum was enough to make Xia Chuanhu forget the excitement and impulse she had brought him in the blink of an eye. Just by recalling the scumbag things that Mei Li had done, Xia Chuanhu didn't even need to memorize the Heart-Cleansing Mantra.

But Angelica isn't like that!

"Lord Xia Chuan?"

Seeing that Natsukawa Tora was not coming in, Angelica, who had already entered the room, turned around and called out softly.

"Why do you feel different standing there? Are you feeling unwell anywhere? If so, please lie down and rest in bed."

As Angelica spoke, she walked up to Natsukawa Tiger, grabbed his hand, and pulled him into the room. After being held for two or three seconds, Natsukawa Tiger belatedly realized what was happening and quickly pulled his hand back.

"I'm fine, I was just thinking about some things—by the way, they're related to the Holy Grail War, and I felt I should tell you about them."

In a rush, Natsukawa Tora came up with a topic and sat down on the sofa, tapping the table to signal Angelica to sit down as well.

Then Angelica naturally sat down next to him.

My breathing slowed down for a moment.

Xia Chuanhu patted his chest to calm himself down: "Angelica, sit across from me."

"Yes."

After getting up and sitting down opposite her, Angelica asked, "So, what does Lord Natsukawa want to tell me?"

"What you need to do in the Holy Grail War, although it is me and Gray who are participating in the Holy Grail War, in terms of the role you can play during the Holy Grail War, you far surpass me and Gray." Natsukawa Torato said seriously, "I mentioned it to you before, right? Because I have been to the Root, I know a lot of things. The reason why I was able to set up a trap for Einzworth before was also because of this."

"This Holy Grail War is the same. The knowledge I obtained from the source also contains information about all the Servants in this Holy Grail War."

Unlike previous Holy Grail Wars, this Holy Grail War is divided into the Red and Black factions, with a total of fourteen Servants on both sides participating in the Holy Grail War.

The Black faction is the initiator of this Holy Grail War, the Yggdrasil family of mages located in Romania. The seven Servants they summoned are—

Siegfried, Chiron, Vlad III, Avisbro, Jack the Ripper, Astolfo, and Frankenstein.

The red team consists of six mages belonging to the Clock Tower and one overseer of the Holy Church. The seven Servants they summon are—

Mordred (probably), Atalanta, Karna, Shakespeare, Semiramis, Achilles, and Spartacus.

"You remember the information about these Servants, right?"

"Yes."

Because she had created class cards in the past, Angelica had an impression of almost all the Heroic Spirits in history, and naturally, she also knew the weaknesses of each of them.

Upon hearing Natsukawa Torato's words, Angelica understood his meaning to some extent.

"So, the reason you gave me Gilgamesh's class card, besides protecting Lady Kallen, was also to have me annihilate the Red Faction's Servants, is that right?"

Compared to the Black faction, the Red faction's Servants are significantly stronger, especially Achilles and Karna. Achilles is practically invincible against non-divine enemies, and his only weakness, his heels, is extremely difficult to break due to his incredible speed. Karna, on the other hand, possesses golden armor that is impervious to even the gods and a god-slaying spear that can destroy everything in one hit.

In terms of strength alone, these two riders are comparable to Gilgamesh.

Xia Chuanhu shook his head: "No, the only person you need to deal with is Achilles. Although he will fight Chiron to the death if left alone, you are the only one on our side with divinity. If we really need to fight the Red Team, then dealing with Achilles is your mission."

“I understand. Then, what about Karna?”

"I come."

Natsukawa Tora pushed the Demon Eye Killer.

Although the Golden Armor is a powerful Noble Phantasm that can reduce all hostile interference to one-tenth, for Natsukawa Torama's Mystic Eyes, even if it is reduced to one-tenth, it is still fatal to the Servant, not to mention that Natsukawa Torama also has the invincible Tsukihime Mode.

"Of course, dealing with Achilles is just my minimum requirement for you. If you can defeat both the red and black sides, I don't mind either—no, that's asking too much."

"If you wish, I can use EA at its maximum output to annihilate all the enemy Servants. However, you may need to replenish my mana at that time, as my personal mana is not sufficient to support such consumption."

Angelica said this.

Upon hearing her say that—or rather, a certain keyword she mentioned—Xia Chuanhu subconsciously looked at her lips, but quickly shook his head: "No, forget it, it's much easier for me to pull down the moon than for you."

Moonfall is much more satisfying than the Sword of Departure!

"Alright, let's leave it at that for now. I need to prepare for the Servant summoning later tonight, so I'll rest for a bit now—wake me up at midnight, Angelica."

"I understand. Please get some rest, Lord Natsukawa."

45. Mo Zai: You think you're my dad?

Midnight.

After waking up to Angelica's voice, Natsukawa Torato did not wake Gray and Kallen. Instead, he left the hotel with Angelica and prepared to find a place to begin the Servant summoning.

London, as the capital of the United Kingdom, has excellent underground spiritual veins, which can meet the summoning requirements of Servants from any location.